Arne's ambitious project of building up in the middle of the century an English operatic school to rival the Italians in their own domain indicates an instructive confidence in the forces of his day.
"The Operatic Problem"
William Johnson Galloway
If one now and then hears a song it is owing to there being many Italians here, who are easily recognized by their fiery and lively gestures.
"The Dead Lake and Other Tales"
Paul Heyse
And you were thinking, too, that you never saw anything less Italian than I am, and you're sure my name's Brown or Smith, and indeed it's true that I was born in Clapham, but my parents were Italians-refugees, you know, although I'm sure I don't know what from-and every one calls me the Signor, and so there you are-and I don't see how I'm to help it.
"Fortitude"
Hugh Walpole